The comedy pits the eternally bickering Beatrice and Benedick against each other. |
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She is love-struck and will requite the strong love that she thinks Benedick feels for her. |
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The casting is the twist, with grande dame of theatre Vanessa Redgrave, 76, and James Earl Jones, 82 as feisty lovers Beatrice and Benedick. |
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Don Pedro tells Benedick that Beatrice has a bone to pick with him. |
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The final section allows people to get on a virtual stage, playing either Beatrice or Benedick, opposite the company's actors Edward Bennett and Michelle Terry. |
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He plays Benedick as vain and stiff, but he has both natural grace and a gift for big-muscle funniness. |
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Joseph Millson also makes a welcome return to the company to play the self-confessed woman hater Benedick. |
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